This week, more than 75 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between October 28 – November 1:
Investments:
2 France, 2 Germany, 1 Spain, 1 Sweden, United Kingdom (UK)
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Transportation
1 Biotechnology
1 Aerospace
1 Cyber Security
1 Health Care
1 Machine Learning
1 Health Care & SaaS
News of the Week
🎯 Chauffeur services provider Blacklane raised €60 million.
Blacklane, which provides chauffeur services, has raised €60 million in Series G funding round from TASARU Mobility Investments, Mercedes-Benz Mobility, Gargash Enterprises, Al Fahim Group, Alstin Family and RI Digital Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: TASARU Mobility Investments, Mercedes-Benz Mobility, Gargash Enterprises, Al Fahim Group, Alstin Family, RI Digital Ventures
Co-founders: Jens Wohltorf
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Brain-computer interface therapeutics startup INBRAIN Neuroelectronics raised $50 million.
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, which provides real-time precision neurology with a graphene-based brain-computer interface therapeutics, has raised $50 million in Series B funding round, led by imec.xpand. EIC Fund, Fond ICO Next Tech, CDTI-Innvierte , Avançsa, Asabys Partners, Aliath Bioventures and Vsquared also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: imec.xpand, EIC Fund, Fond ICO Next Tech, CDTI-Innvierte , Avançsa, Asabys Partners, Aliath Bioventures, Vsquared
Co-founders: Carolina Aguilar
Headquarters: Spain
🎯 Mobility startup Beyond Aero raised $44 million.
Beyond Aero, a mobility startup developing the first hydrogen-powered electric business aircraft, has raised $44 million in Series A funding round. The investment round was co-led by Giant Ventures and Bpifrance.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Giant Ventures, Bpifrance
Co-founders: Eloa Guillotin
Headquarters: France
🎯 Cybersecurity intelligence management platform Filigran raised $35 million.
Filigran, which helps organisations understand threat environments, anticipate and detect incidents, decrease incident response time, stress-test critical infrastructure, and design viable long-term cybersecurity strategies, has raised $35 million in Series B funding round from Insight Partners, Accel and Moonfire.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Insight Partners, Accel, Moonfire
Co-founders: Samuel Hassine, Julien Richard
Headquarters: France
🎯 AI-powered precision diagnostics solution Aignostics raised $34 million.
Aignostics, an artificial intelligence company that transforms complex multimodal pathology data into insights, has raised $34 million in Series B funding round, led by ATHOS. Mayo Clinic, HTGF, Wellington Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, CARMA Fund, VC Fonds Technologie and IBB Ventures also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: ATHOS, Mayo Clinic, HTGF, Wellington Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, CARMA Fund, VC Fonds Technologie, IBB Ventures
Co-founders: Viktor Matyas
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Hyperautomation enablement solution EvoluteIQ raised $20 million.
EvoluteIQ, a hyperautomation enablement solution with a comprehensive feature set designed to help enterprises, has raised $20 million from Round2 Capital, Nordea Growth Fund, DCAP Select and PH Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Round2 Capital, Nordea Growth Fund, DCAP Select, PH Ventures
Co-founders: Sameet Gupt
Headquarters: Sweden
🎯 Healthtech SaaS platform Semble raised $15 million.
Semble, a healthtech SaaS that allows providers to organise their data, has raised $15 million in Series B funding round, led by Mercia Ventures. Octopus Ventures, Smedvig Ventures and Triple Point also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Mercia Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Smedvig Ventures, Triple Point
Co-founders: Christoph Lippuner
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
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